Woman charged in firearm case

Weapon allegedly stolen from an off-duty officer

OKANOGAN  A local teenager was arrested Sept. 17 on suspicion of stealing a gun, identification and credit card from an off-duty police officer.

Cheyenne R. Lezard, 18, was charged Sept. 20 in Okanogan County Superior Court with theft of a firearm, second-degree theft-access device and second-degree vehicle prowling. As of Sept. 20, she remained in jail.

Bail was set at $10,000.

Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said Jerod Gavin was mowing his lawn on Maple Street about 9:57 a.m. Tuesday when he saw a man and woman standing beside his personal vehicle.

Gavin is an officer with the Omak Police Department.

“When (the man) noticed (Gavin) looking at him, he took off,” deputy Tait Everett wrote in his report, which was filed with the court as a probable cause statement.

Gavin checked his vehicle and discovered a pistol – not his service weapon – and a credit card were missing, Rogers said.

He got into his vehicle and went to locate the two, and also called the Sheriff’s Office.